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Stanley Kubrick Trivia - Multiple Choice
Here are some facts relating to filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. How many do you know?
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Last updated: October 15, 2019
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1.
Which author did NOT write a book that was adapted by Kubrick?
Aldous Huxley
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Stephen King
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Anthony Burgess
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Arthur C. Clarke
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2.
What was his profession prior to making movies?
Photographer
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Criminal
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Boxer
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Soldier
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3.
What is "Spartacus" said to have effectively ended?
Blacklisting
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black and white cinema
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the Hays Code
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the classic studio system
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4.
What is the name of Kubrick's movie about the Vietnam War?
Platoon
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The Deer Hunter
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Full Metal Jacket
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Apocalypse Now
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5.
Where does "Dream Novella", the inspiration for "Eyes Wide Shut", take place?
Cairo
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Vienna
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San Francisco
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Tokyo
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6.
Kubrick spent many years trying to make film about an historical person, reading more than 100 books about him in the process. Who is he?
George Washington
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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Napoléon Bonaparte
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Martin Luther King
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7.
What causes the apes in "2001" to go mad?
a giant phallus
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a computer screen
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a black monolith
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a machine gun
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8.
Kubrick made the protagonist of this movie explicitly evil, to stress the point that freedom in any individual is important regardless of his moral quality.
Dr. Strangelove
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Barry Lyndon
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The Shining
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A Clockwork Orange
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9.
Who is the only actor to win an Oscar for a performance in a Stanley Kubrick movie?
Malcolm McDowell
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James Mason
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Peter Ustinov
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Peter Sellers
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10.
And in which category did Kubrick win his only Oscar?
Original Screenplay
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Visual Effects
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Editing
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Lifetime Achievement
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11.
Which genre did the director never tackle?
Horror
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Western
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Science Fiction
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Heist
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Kubrick was set to direct the western "One-Eyed Jacks" but fell out with lead star Marlon Brando, who took on the job.
12.
What is the correct way to pronounce his last name (according to Wikipedia)?
Koo-brick
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Kew-brick
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13.
Who is the main character of "A Clockwork Orange"?
Jesus Antichrist
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Alex DeLarge
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Julius Kaiser
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Franklin D. Nixon
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14.
What did Stanley Kubrick fake, according to conspiracy theories?
the moon landing
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the assasination of John F. Kennedy
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the Chernobyl accident
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the 9/11 attacks
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15.
What is the historical backdrop of "Paths of Glory"?
the Cuba Crisis
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the October Revolution
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World War I
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the Fall of the Berlin Wall
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